Panama City vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Panama City	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1384	$874
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3435	$2178
🏠 One person rent	$751	$442
🏘️ Family rent	$1474	$863
🍽️ Food expenses	$444	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.4	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$914	$846
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	42	82
😀 Quality of life	66	67
🏙️ Population	881K	5.38M

The cost of living in Panama City is 58% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 4139th and 6204th ($1384 vs $874) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Panama and Russia, respectively. Check Panama vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Panama City compared to 1 months in Saint Petersburg. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 3919th and 3645th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Panama City vs Saint Petersburg

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	Panama City	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$7.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.2	$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.6	$4.56
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.94	$2.67
☕ Cappuccino	$4.25	$2.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.9	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$827	$558
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$577	$322
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$1149
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1198	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.7	$66.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.4	$5.86
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.12%	16.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2406	$3238
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1535	$2069
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$38.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$0.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$9.24
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.23	$4.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$8.28
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.51	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.03	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$0.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.89	$2.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$1.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$1.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.12	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.06	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.8	$31.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.71	$4.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.1	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$98.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.2	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$437	$321
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$6847

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Cities near Panama City

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Balboa	$1249
16 km or 9.9 mi	Tocumen	$1231
26 km or 16 mi	Pacora	$1249
34 km or 21 mi	La Chorrera	$953
59 km or 37 mi	Colon	$1182
108 km or 67 mi	Penonome	$1098
154 km or 96 mi	Chitre	$1091
190 km or 118 mi	Santiago de Veraguas	$1056
321 km or 199 mi	Turbo	$634
329 km or 204 mi	David	$833
398 km or 247 mi	Monteria	$620
403 km or 250 mi	Limon	$1201
406 km or 252 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$638
452 km or 281 mi	Sincelejo	$506
463 km or 288 mi	Cartagena	$748
483 km or 300 mi	Quibdo	$661
494 km or 307 mi	Cartago	$961
513 km or 319 mi	San Jose	$1239
518 km or 322 mi	Heredia	$1246
521 km or 324 mi	Magangue	$582
526 km or 327 mi	Bello	$789
529 km or 329 mi	Alajuela	$1233
530 km or 329 mi	Medellin	$873
534 km or 332 mi	Envigado	$871
558 km or 347 mi	Soledad	$840
559 km or 348 mi	Barranquilla	$789
595 km or 370 mi	Puntarenas	$1277
617 km or 383 mi	Cartago	$619
617 km or 383 mi	Cienaga	$831
623 km or 387 mi	Manizales	$653
627 km or 390 mi	Santa Teresa	$1310
627 km or 390 mi	Pereira	$641
631 km or 392 mi	Santa Marta	$979
632 km or 393 mi	Buenaventura	$718
636 km or 395 mi	Minca	$863
651 km or 404 mi	Salento	$562
652 km or 405 mi	Armenia	$541
657 km or 408 mi	Tulua	$477
658 km or 409 mi	Barrancabermeja	$573
675 km or 419 mi	Liberia	$898

Cities near Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$846
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$979
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1149
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1378
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$990
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1439
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1416
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1447
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1230
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$973
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1389
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1453
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$440
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1120
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1453
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1532
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1123
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1631
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1782
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1499
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1570
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$514
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1936
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1278
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1562
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1360
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$2023
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1534
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1447
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$966
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1608
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1431
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1363
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1467
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1466
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1414
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1584
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1102
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1525